Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7b26e69131b75db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.4 KB
MD5: cbdf3a4218ca2d560a4377aa114eb9ef SHA-1: 8c4db297190e8950c4cc1d804b8ef43714d8a6c6 SHA-256: b7b26e69131b75db919fe920f662082140f0ac3a2bf4c08f2a33ad14a3586508
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical CVE_2007_5659 heuristic indicates the use of a known exploit technique involving the Collab.collectEmailInfo function to execute JavaScript. This script is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as suggested by the ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062' and the presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files. The document body is unreadable, providing no further context on the lure.

Heuristics 5

  • Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 critical CVE exact CVE_2007_5659
    PDF JavaScript calls Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 is a buffer overflow in Adobe Reader triggered by a long argument or heap-sprayed message field passed to Collab.collectEmailInfo(). Part of a series of Acrobat JS API exploits. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36062
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
068944f8c011a88ab770b45c6de142b9305a1f515d410204d5eadd9ac2b5bfb3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19B 373 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
9c5ab59736b6295fa34a62b8fab8a91dcd29f171b7da5b0a2c829e46398c8804
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 12232 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js
d852c442bdbaf9404429936be09b7fa6973bc90e3e5e6d3602f5697481423d06
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2F5 5010 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).